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Fairport Convention

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Group. Formed 1967.

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Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement. Their seminal album Liege and Lief is generally considered to have launched the electric folk or English folk rock movement, which provided a distinctively English identity to rock music and helped awaken much wider interest in traditional music in general. The large number of personnel who have been part of the band are among the most highly regarded and influential musicians of their era and have gone to participate in a large number of significant bands, or enjoyed important solo careers. Since 1979 they have hosted the Cropredy Festival, which is the largest such annual event in England. Individually and collectively the members of Fairport Convention have received numerous awards recognizing their contribution to music and culture.

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Blogs from the BBC

  1. Folk Music at the Royal Albert Hall!

    Tue 24 Mar 2009 11:14 One of the artists appearing at the Teenage Cancer Trust concert at the Royal Albert... Mike Harding
  2. Fairport Convention Tour Diary Blog - Part 5

    Wed 25 Feb 2009 15:36 Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention writes: Sunday 22 February: In the van on time.... Mike Harding
  3. Fairport Convention Tour Diary Blog - Part 2

    Thu 19 Feb 2009 15:26 Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention writes: Day 19:travelling home from Hunstanton... Mike Harding

BBC Reviews Really Simple Syndication

  1. Live At The BBC 2007

    Live at the BBC (disc 1)

    Reviewed by Sid Smith

    Rough-edged for sure, but viscerally exciting stuff.
  2. Liege And Lief 2002

    Liege & Lief

    Reviewed by Gemma Padley

    The most influential folk rock album of all time? You decide...
  3. Fairport Convention, What We Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking 1969

    What We Did on Our Holidays

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    ...Leige And Lief was in no way their best work. These three reissues are undoubtedly...
  4. Fairport Unconventional 1968

    Fairport Convention

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    Their rapid transformation from (frankly not bad) Jefferson Airplane clones to leading...

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